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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
12
The Boston Post dated May 29 1918 presents a daily issue from Boston Massachusetts. The publication details include office address at 259 Washington Street and administrative notes for the Independent Democratic Paper of New England.
The Post lists subscription rates for Daily, Sunday, and Foreign editions, with special Canada pricing and post office postage notes. It warns that all subscriptions require advance payment, payments by check or money order to POST PUBLISHING CO, and to notify the postal if copies are unavailable.
The House military affairs committee votes to grant the President blanket power to call any number of troops. The Senate committee adopts Reed’s limit of 3,000,000 troops. The piece frames the Senate as hostile to the Commander in Chief and questions public support for restricting manpower for victory in Germany.
The executive committee of the German Socialist party outlines reforms including stripping the Kaiser of war powers, universal suffrage, a parliamentary government, Reichstag control of treaties, abolition of secret diplomacy, and an international disarmament tribunal. They argue these could democratize Germany and shorten war, but doubt any changes will occur.
A House resolution by Rep Platt of New York proposes amending the Constitution to limit voting for Representatives to U S citizens only. Currently states extend suffrage to all electors qualified for state lower-house elections, prompting concerns amid ongoing war and the presence of aliens taking out first papers to vote.
A debate argues that participation in choosing national lawmakers should not be seen as an invasion of state rights. The argument contends that refusing this change sustains a longstanding discrepancy.
In a Sunday Times piece A C Ratshesky argues postwar trade will intensify with Germany vying for world markets. German Foreign Secretary von Kuhlmann supports bold open-sea competition. Ratshesky foresees US leadership through finance, manpower, and brains in honest global commerce.
A corrected list values 53 Americans lost on the Moldavia torpedoing and notes earlier sinkings with high fatalities. It recalls a US transport finding a submarine then rescuing its crew, while air raids on French hospitals led to a captured bomber commander treated in a hospital. Five years ago such contrast would seem incredible.
It is hoped Congress will receive a favorable report on the proposal to have the government buy and operate the Cape Cod canal. The matter has delayed too long. the canal’s strategic value in a naval scenario and as part of a federal system of protected waterways from Massachusetts to Florida argues for immediate action and settlement at a reasonable price.
Heavy drift ice delayed a large steamship built on the lakes by several days on its eastward voyage. The vessel arrived yesterday after encountering ice near Louisburg Crescent B C. and the harbor was briefly blocked. Another lake steamer remains trapped at Louisburg.
An aged observer recalls historical weather data with figures for CYLUSCHL FeEGCOrUsS and dates 1884 1889 and 1886. The narrative mentions temperatures reaching 86 degrees and rain in Boston over the past decade including 1916 1917.
Readers debate a quirky famine of macaroni holes and test novel methods. A Patriot proposes peach-tree borers with coal-tar flavored soil to create holes. Hawley cites Smithsonian notes on wood-boring larvae as possible models. calls go out for Sioux expertise and early distribution of macaroni holes to New England growers.
A column blends Oak Apple Day lore, Amelia Bloomer’s centennial, shipboard photography rules, and local curiosities. It recalls the Sanderson house wedding, emu arrivals at the Boston zoo, May baskets, and a Liberty bond find in a Brockton pastor’s basket. It also mentions Mass Governor Andrew’s centennial tribute and Zionist figures Adolph Hubbard and Samuel Schmidt preparing for Palestine.
The San Diego fire department operates two flying fire engines with 110 horsepower, 75 mph, equipped with chemical extinguishers and searchlights to fight harbor fires. The project aims to curb fires quickly on wharves or ships, though practical utility remains to be proved.
A speaker promotes endurance and steadfast courage in war. He argues victory comes from both bold charges and firm defense. The main idea is that true strength lies in standing ground with duty to truth and right, and doing one's part.
Edwin Witham reads a classified ad for Little House in the Wood and travels to Yokum to meet Eunice Loveless. He offers to buy the house, they tour the grounds and swimming pool, and Eunice confesses she must sell after her race winnings fail. He comforts her and proposes they share ownership.
The piece argues that wartime advice should rest on friendship experience and reason. It recalls Lincoln amid noisy advisers and a parable of a storm seeking light over noise, urging that guidance provide clarity and truth rather than chatter.
A poem by Walt Mason denounces an unnamed man as an immoral troublemaker who desecrates the Sabbath, fires weapons, trespasses on farmland, and provokes authorities. The piece mocks his daily misdeeds and hints at punishments while retelling the public backlash against his acts.
The speaker recalls a moment of rekindled light in his beloved's eyes as she whispers his name and declares The Little House in the Wood as their shared future. A vow forms, binding the couple in a sacred, adoring union.
Post readers seek the origination of the quotation from In Memoriam section xxvii. fourth stanza. Dedham notes the line “Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all” and asks where to find the exact source.
Memorial Day was the original designation for the observance. Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan issued the first Memorial Day proclamation in 1868, designating May 30 that year. Rhode Island first made the day a legal holiday in 1874.
A reader questions the rationale for naming Adams Square after Samuel Adams and the erection of his statue. The response notes Adams as a Revolutionary hero with limited details on the exact actions that justified the honor.
A letter to the editor asks about differences between common cream cheese and Neufchatel, noting similar taste. It also mentions a claim about Mmburger being partly rotted before German consumption, with humorous replies: Neufchatel wrapped in foil and Germans preferring it partly putrefied.
The letter asks who was smaller between Tom Thumb and his wife and whether either was the smallest adult on record. It notes Tom Thumb stood 31 inches tall, his wife an inch taller, and General Mite born in New York in 64 was 10 inches shorter than Tom Thumb.
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